| daunorubicin-doxorubicin polyketide synthase | <chemical> Required for doxorubicin biosynthesis; involved in the selection of propionyl-CoA as the starter unit to the formation of a decaketide and its cyclization to an aklanonic acid to the formation of doxorubicin; genbank l35560 Synonym: dnr-dxr pks, doxorubicin polyketide synthase, dxr pks, dps gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
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| doxorubicin | <drug, oncology> An antibiotic obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces peucetius, used as an anticancer drug. Side effects include: nausea, vomiting, hair loss, low blood counts and chance of heart damage. (10 Oct 1997) |